GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |